Saturday, November 10, 2012

Amendment 64 colorado

As Governor John Hickenlooper prepared to speak today with United States Attorney General Eric Holder about how to proceed with implementing Amendment 64, which legalizes marijuana in Colorado, the measure's supporters say they want to see the ...

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Amendment 64 routes dollars from marijuana tax into Colorado schools

Amendment 64's passage this week means that adults in Colorado can possess, cultivate and sell marijuana. The law also requires a portion of excise taxes levied on marijuana to fund capital construction projects at public schools, the likes of which ...

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Rappers Weigh in on Colorado's Amendment 64 Law

TMZ reports that Lil Scrappy, Cash Out, Warren G, and other rappersare happy about Colorado's new Amendment 64 law on marijuana.

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Amendment 64 passes for Colorado marijuana legalization

The outcomes for those ballot measures Tuesday were a milestone for persistent but often thwarted advocacy groups and activists who for decades have pressed the causes of gay rights and drug decriminalization.

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Five Colorado pot-themed beers to pair with Amendment 64

Will one of Colorado's craft breweries dare to make a pot-infused beer now that Amendment 64 has passed? Probably.

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Pot not purely a partisan issue in Routt County

Steamboat Springs - In a show of bipartisan support otherwise missing from much of Tuesday's election across Colorado and the U.S.

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Kan. sheriff mulls future after Colo. pot vote

"I don't think Colorado should have passed this," Townsend told The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/Q0jlzE). "I don't think it's good for the people of that state or my state or society as a whole.

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Hickenlooper, Holder discuss Colorado marijuana legalization

Amendment 64, which Colorado voters approved Tuesday with 55 percent support, legalizes possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for any purpose for people ages 21 and older and also allows specially licensed stores to sell marijuana starting in 2014.

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Marijuana in Colorado: Ready for Business, Complete with Regulations

(MORE: From Mexico to Moscow, The World Turns on to Marijuana Legalization). That heavily regulated system, however, may have helped win passage for Colorado's Amendment 64, the recreational marijuana measure approved by voters on Election Day.

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Amendment 64 not prodding Colorado to promote marijuana tourism

Critics of the amendment - which nearly 55 percent of state voters approved on Tuesday - assailed the proposal with dire warnings of marijuana tourists turning Colorado into a red-lighted den of iniquity, a la Amsterdam. "It was one of our opponents ...

Colorado's Amendment 64 -- which won with 54 percent of the vote in favor, 46 percent opposed -- had vocal opponents during the run up to the election and many of those are sounding off in the wake of the unprecedented passage of the marijuana ...

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Colorado's Amendment 64 passed, so now what?

Many citizens in Colorado may be asking themselves "now what?" after voters in Colorado passed Amendment 64 Tuesday night. The amendment, which will be signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper within the next 30 days, legalizes the possession, use ...

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Colorado reps seek state exemption from federal pot prohibition laws

Colorado's Amendment 64 passed by a wide margin on Election Day. It legalizes adult use and possession here and would establish retail marijuana sales.

But now it's time for the voters to decide and according to the latest poll from Public Policy Polling from Monday -- the last poll taken on Colorado's Amendment 64 before Election Day -- the ballot measure looks like it has a strong chance of passing ...

You probably thought you'd never read the sentence: Thanks to marijuana, Peyton Manning's timing is flawless. Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 last Tuesday, a law that legalizes marijuana in the state for recreational use. The timing couldn't be ...

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Amendment 64: Up in smoke

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The legal issues are mounting after Colorado became the first state the legalize marijuana with Amendment 64. The Colorado Attorney General and Gov. John Hickenlooper reaching out for guidance because no matter what ...

The University of Colorado still plans to make sure thousands of pot smokers don't gather April 20, despite the passage of a statewide measure legalizing marijuana.

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Pot Legalization And The Future Of Colorado Tourism

Prior to the passage of Amendment 64, which allows for the possession of an ounce of marijuana within Colorado's borders, the ski resort of Breckenridge had already begun a bold experiment in legalization. The city's voters passed an ordinance ...

In a historic move, Colorado and Washington have become the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Fifty-two percent of voters in Colorado supported Amendment 64, which will amend the state constitution to allow those 21 and older to ...